Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Switching hard drive from one computer to another Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post jamesc06 Posted at 6:14 pm on Sep. 8, 2008 I want to switch a hard drive with all its data from a dell dimension b110 to a slightly newer dimension 2400. I have Win XP installed on it. I would think that they have very similar motherboards. Would there be any major problems doing this?

Replies obvious child Posted at 5:08 pm on Sep. 10, 2008 Quote: from jamesc06 at 3:14 pm on Sep. 8, 2008 I want to switch a hard drive with all its data from a dell dimension b110 to a slightly newer dimension 2400. I have Win XP installed on it. I would think that they have very similar motherboards.   Would there be any major problems doing this? Only if you're intending to run windows off the old drive. If you're going to treat the b110 drive as a secondary (ie, not running windows off it) it should be fine. But you're going to have to reinstall all of the programs that you installed on the old drive to the new one. rand0mguy Posted at 6:35 pm on Sep. 8, 2008 it should be alright, but occasionaly you get a bluescreen if it has very different hardware, for example an amd or intel processor. Red Dragon Posted at 6:19 pm on Sep. 8, 2008 i used to do it all the time ...but not with those comps....i did it with a gateway and a dell haha it all worked out eventually if u just use common sense killabyte Posted at 6:17 pm on Sep. 8, 2008 yes mega problems ie it wont work backup ur data and blank the hdd that is if ur usin it as a master drive if u wanna use it as a slave work away marshmellowman Posted at 6:17 pm on Sep. 8, 2008 Yes. If it has Windows on it, it will tell you that you have to reactivate because you've changed too much hardware for it to be considered the same computer. You'll need to phone up and go through an automated prompt system and key in the code on screen. Apart from that driver errors and Windows' fault may occur because it still thinks it's the old machine when it is a newer model. If you want it might be simpler to just "Upgrade" the installation once the disk is in the new machine with the original XP/Vista disk to prevent problems. Cawhax Posted at 6:16 pm on Sep. 8, 2008 Post from this position was omitted due to content violations JustaKid Posted at 6:16 pm on Sep. 8, 2008 Post from this position was omitted due to content violations All 7 previous replies displayed.